mod

a mod b

Operand types:

a: Number

b: Number

Type of returned value:

Number

Description:

Remainder of a divided by b.

Notes:
(1) Remainder is calculated in real domain.
(2) mod is identical to a % b

Example:

_rem = 3 mod 2 ...... Result is 1

Comments

You can use mod to round a decimal number down to the nearest whole number.

For example:

If you wanted to use the command random to generate a whole number between 0 and 5, you could put this in a script:-

_rand = random 6

_num = _rand - (_rand mod 1)